SOLD $550

William Beverly Young (1809-1855), The Practical Interest Calculator; Or, Book Of Interest; Showing the Simple Interest (Ready Calculated) On Any Number Of Dollars, From $1 To $1080, Inclusive, At 6, 7, 8, 10, and 12 1/2 Per Cent., For Any Length Of Time, From One Day To Three Years (More Or Less). by William B. Young, (of Logan County, Ky.,) author of The Arithmetical Dictionary, or Book of Reference. (Cincinnati : E. Morgan & Co., 1850) 1, xi, 43, + 28 pages of Plates of coins. A production of American-Victorian bookbinding design with an embossed floral decorative panel and frame on book covers. Covers are slightly rubbed but retain their original charm and are quite handsome. Listed in Louis Karpinski, Bibliography of Mathematical Works Printed in America Through 1850. (University of Michigan Press, 1940). Some foxing throughout. Very rare. This is among the earliest if not the first "Ready Reckoner" books in America with interest tables charted and the classic "Coin Chart Manual" plates added to enhance the value for bankers and retailers with his 16th edition in 1848. A very unusual find. Not listed in Davis. SOLD $430+ USD + S&H and insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

SOLD $550

1864

Leary's Reckoner And Coin Book; Containing Specimens of Two Hundred and Forty Four Coins, With Their Value. To Which Is Added, Forms of Notes, Bills, Receipts, Petitions, Leases, Etc. Also Tables of Interest, From One to Twelve Thousand Dollars. Tables of Wages, From One Fourth of A Day Upward. (Philadelphia : George McDowell & Co., 1864) 240 p. 8 cm x 13.5 cm. 162 pages of Tables. Plates of Financial & Legal Forms on pages 163-182. Plates of Coins on pages 183-240. Original binding with red cloth spine gilt title, printed paper on boards with cover title : Leary's Original Ready Reckoner and Coin and Form Book. The title fails to says "Facsimiles of Specimens", and not actually real specimens of coins. There are no coins being offered here in this lot. W. A. Leary first published a Reckoner at Philadelphia and in New York by Nafis & Cornish in 1839 without the plates of coins. Very Good to Fine. Rarely seen this nice. Davis 608. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Elmer (1793-1883), Elmer's History of Cumberland County, New Jersey; And of the Currency of This and Adjoining Colonies. (Bridgeton : George F. Nixon, Publisher1869). 142 pages including the Index. Original binding. CHAPTER 1 : EARLY HISTORY (2-21); CHAPTER 2 : GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS (22-37); CHAPTER 3 : BRIDGETON (38-71); CHAPTER 4 : MAURICE RIVER, MILLVILLE, AND LANDIS (72-89); CHAPTER 5 : RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS (90-118); CHAPTER 6 : CURRENCY OF NEW JERSEY (119-139); INDEX 141-142. A Very Rare Book! It is considered by New Jersey historians as a very important work based on newspaper articles Elmer had previously published. Essential for any American Colonial researcher and collector. Front and back endpapers are chipped and a bit brittle and front endpaper has been repaired with professional library tape. Some browning but pages are very good condition. Ex Libris book label inside cover. Spine is very good and has professional black library spine tape applied to reinforce a detached back cover many years ago. Back inside cover paper has split leaving fly leaf loose, but spine intact and good held by black tape of the spine as seen in photo. Over all the book is in very good condition. Not in the ANS Library. Davis 373. Estimate $350.00+ USD. + S & H and insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

New York

Fred Lincoln, List of Greek, Roman, And English Coins, Bronze Medals, Etc., (The Whole of which are different to those described in the last general Catalogue,) Offered For Sale, By Fred. Lincoln, (Corresponding Member of the New York Numismatic Society) Cheltenham House, Westminster Road, London, England (London: William H. Roe, 1853) 30 pages. Frederick Lincoln (1830-1907) is the eldest son of William Simpson Lincoln, Sr. (1803- 1872), and brother of William Simpson Lincoln, Jr. (1844-1922), and Edgar Lincoln (1851-1916) all of them renown English numismatists, stamp and coin dealers with correspondents in America. The Lincolns came from Lambeth, Surrey, England where William Sr., began as a bookseller in the 1840's and eventually dealt in foreign postage stamps beginning in 1853. Fred and Edgar specialized in Roman coins. This copy Ex-Fisk P. Brewer, the numismatist at Yale University who donated this to the library. Now deaccessioned. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

William Simpson Lincoln, Sr. (1815- 1872), A Catalogue Of Coins and Medals Offered For Sale At Prices Affixed, June 1864 (London : W. S. Lincoln & Son, 1864) 12 + 12 + 24 = 48 pages. Brown paper wrappers. A few very small worm holes, but all text legible. Sale of Roman Consular and Family Coins in Silver, pages 1-12; Ancient British and Gaulish Coins, pages 1-12; Silver & Bronze Medals, pages 1-24. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

British Currency in the 1860's

Nathaniel Alexander Nicholson (1827-1874), Observations on Coinage and Our Present Monetary System (London : Trübner & Co., 1869) Third Edition. Printed by Wertheimer, Lea & Co., Finsbury Circus, London. 48 pages. Hardbound with boards covered in marbelized paper with cloth spine gilt wrapped onto cover boards. Book plate and label from previous owners on inside front cover : Ex-B. Max Mehl (1884-1957), Ex- British/Canadian numismatist Merrick Y. Carter (-1999) ANA Member No. 14695. Not listed in Clain-Stefanelli. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Henry William Henfrey (1852-1881), Henfrey's Guide to English Coins; Giving A Description of Every Denomination of Every Issue In Gold, Silver, and Copper, From the Conquest to the Present Time, With All the Latest Discoveries. (London : John Russell Smith, 1870) 96, 148, 33 or 280 pages en toto. Illustrated. Many specially printed illustrations pasted in by publisher. Original binding. Henfrey was a remarkable young man who was a member of the Royal Numismatic Society of London and a member of the Council. He was also a member of the Belgian, French and American numismatic societies. He was elected a member of the British Archaeological Association in 1870. Several newspaper clippings and coin illustrations are found loose as book marks inside the book by previous owner. The book is a classic and essential reading for any English collector. Not listed in Clain-Stefanelli. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

A History of Paper Money

Letter dated 29, May 1913. A reply to an inquiry regarding the status of the research and publication of Henry Symonds on the so-called "Great Debasement" of silver coinage. The request was directed to the publication anticipated to be printed in October, which is, Henry VIII. Henry Symonds, ‘The documentary evidence for the English royal coinages of Henry VII and Henry VIII’, British Numismatic Society 10 (1913–1914) 127–171. The letter was written and signed by the Curator John Allan (1884-1955), who served the Department of Coins and Medals from 1907 to 1949. Further reference see Quanyu Wang, Constantina Vlachou-Mogire, Megan Gooch and Barrie Cook, "A metallographic study of some debased silver coinage of Henry VIII, Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 9 (2015) : 57-63; The British Museum. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

*4* American Numismatic Literature

American Museum, Or Repository Of Ancient And Modern Fugitive Pieces, August, 1787

The American Museum, Or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces, &c., Prose and Poetry For August, 1787. Vol. II, No. II. Second Edition. (Philadelphia : Matthew Carey, 1789). pp 107-208; pages 205/6 missing and was torn out due to the sexual content in two short pieces: "Seduction" and "The dying prostitute.". Disbound. Contains two published letters on paper money. U. S. Congress of August 8, 186 resolutions to establish a new money of account. An ordinance to establish a mint. Letter of remarks on new money of account.

Begun in January 1787 by Matthew Carey after withdrawing from management of The Columbian Magazine. "General Washington said of it in a letter dated June 25, 1788: "No more useful literary plan has ever been undertaken in America." Carey was born in Ireland in 1760 and became acquainted with Benjamin Franklin in Paris as an exile fleeing Ireland for publishing a politically provocative magazine The Volunteers Journal at Dublin. He came to Philadelphia November 15, 1784 and began publishing the Pennsylvania Evening Herald in January 1785. General Lafayette loaned Carey $400 seed money to start the magazine The American Museum. The magazine experienced great success and as cited Washington praised it among other notables. Yet, The American Museum ceased December 31, 1792 due to the Post-Office refusing to accept it in mailing. See Albert Henry Smyth, The Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors 1741-1850 (Philadelphia, 1892) : 28. Estimate $90-$180 USD + S&H and insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and for details.

Report To Sell The U. S. Mint and Have A New One Run By Steam, 1803

SOLD

Report of the Committee of Revisal & Unfinished Business; Who Were Instructed on the 10th Instant, To Enquire and Report, The Probable Amount For Which the Property Occupied By the Mint, In Philadelphia, Could Be Sold; And The Probable Expense of the Establishment on the Principle of Having It Worked By Steam; 25th January, 1803. (Washington, D. C : William Duane & Son, 1803) 7 p. A critical document for any historian of the U. S. Mint especially since it reveals vital information about the desire to liquidate the original U. S. Mint property and to establish a more modern and efficient one steam operated. Estimate $125 - $250 USD + S&H + insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

SOLD $190

Letter From the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting A List of the Names Of The Clerks Employed in the Treasury Department During the Year 1820, And The Compensation Allowed To Each; January 15, 1821 (Washington, D.C., : Gales & Seaton, 1821) 14 (1) Signed William H. Crawford; Signed Joseph Nourse, Register. This is the original ultra rare printing that was later reprinted by Gales & Seaton in their three volume opus, American State Papers (1834-1859). This is an original 1821 printing. Also of Joseph Nourse (1754-1841), the first Register of the United States Treasury, handwritten letter to Peter Wilson dated January 3, 1810 in The Coin Shop. Estimate for the 1821 Letter $95-$190 USD + S&H + insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Anson Willis, The Emblematical Table-Book, In Which All The Coins, Weights, And Measures In Common Use Are Illustrated And Compared By Appropriate Drawings And Explanations, To Which Is Added , The Definitions Of All The Common Geometrical Figures : With Explanations That Render Them Intelligible To Children. ( New York : Howe & Bates, 1837) 72 p. Disbound. Only one copy reported in the United States at Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. One of the early schoolbooks to illustrate U. S. Coins (on page 31), and English coins (on page 33). Also illustrated are Troy, Avoirdupois, and Apothecaries Weights. A good source for those students of early American scales used in commerce and for ascertaining the weight of gold and silver coins in the marketplace. Anson Willis was an instructor at PS 14, New York City. His earlier publication for schools was The Political Reference published by McElrath & Bangs in 1834, consisting of a broadside fold-out of the Declaration of Independence. Estimate $150- $300 USD + S&H + insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Congressional Report-Condition of Banks, 1838

Documents In Relation To The Condition Of The Banks In The District of Columbia; April 2, 1838. 24 p. The alarm in Washington D.C. regarding the financial looses due to paper money and lack of specie with Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Georgetown, and the Bank of the Metropolis, Bank of Potomac, Bank of Washington, Patriotic Bank of Washington, Farmers' Bank of Alexandria, some, but not all suffering. This may have been extracted from the original rare reprinting by Gales & Seaton in their three volume opus, American State Papers (1834-1859), or else it is an ultra rare original copy that was bound into a privately bound volume. Estimate $85- $170 USD + S&H + insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Levi Woodbury, Report From The Secretary Of The Treasury In Compliance With A Resolution Of The Senate, On The Subject Of The Coinage, Deposites For Coinage, And The Expenses Of The Mint And Branches During The Year 1838; March 1, 1839. (Washington D. C : Blair & Rives, 1839) 2 p. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Report From The Secretary Of The treasury, Transmitting, In Compliance With A Resolution Of The Senate, Statements Showing The Imports And Exports Of Gold And Silver Coin, And Bullion, And The Annual Coinage At The Mints, To The Year 1839; March 18, 1839. (Washington D.C. : Blair & Rives, 1840) 61 p. Tables. Disbound. Doc. S 290. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Statement Showing The Amount Of Gold, Silver, And Copper Coinage, At The Mint In London, From 1816 To 1836; March 20, 1840, Submitted By Mr. Benton, And Ordered To Be Printed, And That It Be Annexed To Doc. S. 290. (Washington D.C., : Blair & Rives, 1840) Broadside. 29th Congress, First Session. Senator Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) presented the mintage report of the London Mint for a span of 21 years. john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

James Ross Snowden (1809-1878), Treasurer of the United States Mint at Philadelphia from 1847-1850, and Director 1853-1861. This letter is directed to him as President of the Board of Revenue Commissioners, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on which he served 1845-1847. Estimate $1,500 -$3,000 USD + S&H and Insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Leaf or Print circa 1847 Allston Medal Engraving by Ormsby

Waterman Lily Ormsby (1809-1883) correspondent for the New York Herald, a passenger on the first stagecoach going west in September 1858, was a remarkable American engraver and founder of the New York Bank Note Company, and the Continental Bank Note Company. The leaf, or, print was engraved by Ormsby. The Medal of Washington Allston (Julian PE-3) was designed by Peter Paul Duggan (1810-1861) and the dies were engraved by Charles Cushing Wright (1796-1854). This was the first in a series of medals issued by the American Art-Union beginning in 1847. Every subscriber who supported the American Art-Union was given a print of a medal. Ormsby created this engraving using his Ruling-Medal machine.

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George Demott, Taylor's United States Money Reporter and Gold and Silver Coin Examiner. (New York : William Taylor, 1848) This is the section of coin engravings only comprising eight leaves, 16 pages. Disbound. Two of the eight leaves have engravings that were cut out as seen in the photographs. A silver lining in an otherwise cloudy find is a contemporary newspaper clipping about the new California medal stapled on the penultimate page. The first editions from 1846 - 1849 are the most difficult to find in any condition. Davis 1054. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Thompson Brothers, The Coin Chart Manual Supplementary to the Bank Note and Commercial Reporter. Second Series. (1849) Davis 1063. This is the eighth edition since it began in 1842. This was a free supplement mailed to annual subscribers to the Bank Note Reporter. It consisted of about 48 pages of plated coins from the United States and foreign countries that circulated in the United States. It also contained a few pages of bank note printed plates. The covers were typically filled with advertisements. It was a practical reference for bankers and businessmen who received odd specie in transactions and could identify and confirm them by use of the charts many illustrations. The publication was bought by John Walter Scott in 1877 who began to publish it in both paper and hardbound editions. These are typically found in very poor condition with very good to fine being scarce. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Matthew T. Miller, Coins of the World (Philadelphia : King & Baird, 1849). 74 pages. 15 pages of Tables, 12 colored plates of coins + title page litho. Cloth gilt, red panel on spine with gilt stamped title. Color Lithographs by Wagner & McGuigan. Perhaps one of the very earliest coin books by a full-time money broker and coin dealer at Philadelphia who flourished in the 1840's. Very Fine condition. Not listed in Davis. Rare. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

A Coin Chart Manual For Exchange Brokers, Bankers, Commerce, and Collectors

Matthew T. Miller, Coins of the World (Philadelphia : King & Baird, 1849). 74 pages. 15 pages of Tables, 12 colored plates of coins + title page litho. Disbound. Color Lithographs by Wagner & McGuigan. Perhaps one of the very earliest coin books by a full-time money broker and coin dealer at Philadelphia who flourished in the 1840's. Good condition. Not listed in Davis. Rare. Estimate $250 to $400 USD + S&H + insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

William Morris Meredith (1799-1873), Secretary of the Treasury, Letter From the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting A Report Respecting Foreign Gold and Silver Coins; July 22, 1850, Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Signed W. M. Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury, and R. M. Patterson, Director. Meredith, a Philadelphia Whig, was the 19th Secretary of the Treasury, under President Zachary Taylor, from March 8, 1849 - July 22, 1850). Upon the death of President Taylor and Millard Fillmore entering as President Meredith's term ended. This being his final letter and report of Meredith as the Secretary of the Treasury regarding the circulation of foreign gold and silver in the United States provides the assay evaluation of the coinages in order for their valuation to be determined. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Plan For A Mint At San Francisco, 1852

Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Letter From The Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting A Plan And Specifications For A Mint At San Francisco; April 1, 1852, Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered that the letter be printed. Broadside. Signed by Thomas Corwin, Secretary of the Treasury on March 31, 1852. Corwin was the 20th Secretary of the Treasury from July 23, 1850 until March 6, 1853, under President Millard Fillmore (incumbent July 9, 1850-March 4, 1853). The plan was first proposed by President Millard Fillmore as soon as he entered office. The gold rush of 1849 that ensued after gold was discovered the previous year by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California obviated the need and urgency for the United States government to establish a Mint locally where the gold was mined and assayed. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Thompson Brothers, The Coin Chart Manual Supplementary to the Bank Note and Commercial Reporter. Second Series. (1852) Davis 1063. This is the tenth edition since it began in 1842. This was a free supplement mailed to annual subscribers to the Bank Note Reporter. It consisted of about 48 pages of plated coins from the United States and foreign countries that circulated in the United States. It also contained a few pages of bank note printed plates. The covers were typically filled with advertisements. It was a practical reference for bankers and businessmen who received odd specie in transactions and could identify and confirm them by use of the charts many illustrations. The publication was bought by John Walter Scott in 1877 who began to publish it in both paper and hardbound editions. These are typically found in very poor condition with very good to fine being scarce. The first two quires missing, i.e., 8 pages. This copy begins with page 9; and covers have detached but are present, otherwise Very Good-Fine condition. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

A 4-page pamphlet containing : A Letter dated June 30, 1854, from James Guthrie, Secretary of the Treasury; A Letter dated April 17, 1854 from Charles Bienvenu; A Letter including Estimate for Repairs at the New Orleans Branch Mint dated May 9, 1854 from G. T. Beauregard, Captain and Brevet Major Engineers, Superintendent, &c. Fine condition. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Thompson Brothers, The Coin Chart Manual Supplementary to the Bank Note and Commercial Reporter. Second Series. (1856) Davis 1063. This is the fourteenth edition since it began in 1842. This is nearing the year 1859 which is the last year that Thompson Brothers published this supplement since they assigned the contract to Charles Blondell, who in 1860 began to publish it until 1876 when it was sold to J. W. Scott. This was a free supplement mailed to annual subscribers to the Bank Note Reporter. It consisted of about 48 pages of plated coins from the United States and foreign countries that circulated in the United States. It also contained a few pages of bank note printed plates. The covers were typically filled with advertisements. It was a practical reference for bankers and businessmen who received odd specie in transactions and could identify and confirm them by use of the charts many illustrations. The publication was bought by John Walter Scott in 1877 who began to publish it in both paper and hardbound editions. These are typically found in very poor condition with very good to fine being scarce. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Charles I. Bushnell, An Arrangement of Tradesmen's Cards, Political Tokens, Also Election Medals (1997 Reprint by Berea Books of 1858 imprint) Book block split pages 89 to 90. Original listed as Davis 162. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

BANGS COIN AUCTION ADDENDUM, MAY 4 & 5, 1859

William Leggett Bramhall Sale, Attinelli, page 14. One of 20 copies originally printed on plain paper according to E.J! How many are extant? Extremely Rare! Ex-Remy Bourne.

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The Earliest American Textbook on American Coinages, First Edition

Montroville Wilson Dickeson (1810-1882), M.D., The American Numismatical Manual of the Currency or Money of the Aborigines, and Colonial, State, and United States Coins : With Historical and Descriptive Notices of Each Coin or Series. First Edition. (New York : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1859) 30 cm. large quarto. x, 271 p. : illustrated with 19 tinted lithograph plates of coins. Davis 313, "the binding has not stood up to the test of time and fine copies without significant restoration are quite rare." Binding firm and sound, except spotted by splashed liquid in some time past, also some of the cloth has detached from the spine, otherwise very good. Contains, important to the historian, the early attempts at classification of Colonial coins after Hickcox and before S. S. Crosby and Dr. Edward Maris, M.D. Estimate $250 to $350 USD + S&H + insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Thompson Brothers, The Coin Chart Manual Supplementary to the Bank Note and Commercial Reporter. Second Series. (1860) Davis 1063. This is the thirteenth edition since it began in 1848. The Thompson Brothers assigned the contract to publish this supplement to Charles Blondell, who in 1860 began to publish it until 1876 when it was sold to J. W. Scott. This was a free supplement mailed to annual subscribers to the Bank Note Reporter. It consisted of about 48 pages of plated coins from the United States and foreign countries that circulated in the United States. It also contained a few pages of bank note printed plates. The covers were typically filled with advertisements. It was a practical reference for bankers and businessmen who received odd specie in transactions and could identify and confirm them by use of the charts many illustrations. The publication was bought by John Walter Scott in 1877 who began to publish it in both paper and hardbound editions. These are typically found in very poor condition with very good to fine being scarce. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Fisk Parsons Brewer, Roman Family Coins of the Yale College Collection, Yale University Quarterly, October, 1860 Off Print

John Thompson, Thompson's Bank Note and Commercial Reporter, August 1, 1865. Pages 33-34 missing and last page lower corner torn off and missing. Apparently advertisements someone wanted. The full content of the magazine minus the missing ads cited is present, and 19th century coffee drip on front cover as per scan, otherwise fine. Thompson's periodical in its 23rd year in 1865. 8vo. Davis 1061. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Laban Heath, Heath's Infallible Counterfeit Detector At Sight By Authority From The United States Treasury Department. Pocket Edition. Eleventh Edition, Revised and Corrected. (Boston : Laban Heath & Co., 1873). Green cloth gilt. Typo on publication as BUBLISHED. 11 leaves of plates of beautifully engraved vignettes from paper money. Davis 488. Estimate $300 to $400 USD + S&H + insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

An Heirloom From the First American Centennial

Michel's Gold and Silver Coins, 1883

Ivan Charles Michels, The Current Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations (Philadelphia : R. S. Menamin, 1883) A brief history of the U. S. Mint listing the coinages with each date struck. The book is by and large an agiotage table, i.e., a book designed for the business of money-exchange, giving the weight and fineness for each precious metal. Original maroon cloth, gilt with Greek fret or key border impressed in black. Spine has been repaired by library tape reattaching the front cover. The first edition was published in 1880. This is the second edition of 1883. A third edition followed in 1885. In some respects the work was a herald of Dye's Coin Encyclopedia. Davis 694. A very handy reference work. Illustrated. Tables. Estimate $75-$125 USD + S&H and insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

William Elliot Woodward, stamp, coin, antiquities, and book dealer, held his 85th auction on June 22, 1886, 28 pages, 646 Lots, comprised of U. S. & Foreign Postage, Postal Stationery, Postal Cards & Revenue stamps, Match Stamps, Paper Money, Fractional Currency, Continental & Confederate Currency, Autographs, and Lottery Tickets. Apparently passed over by John W. Adams who lists this merely as a stamp auction without mentioning the paper money. His grid on page 164 is empty for this auction failing to grid Colonial Paper Money (L), U. S. Paper Money (M), Fractional Currency (N), Confederate (O). He ranked this as C- when it is at least a B. Very, Very Scarce. Estimate $100-$150

Alexander & Company's Red Book, 1886

Sigmund Bowman Alexander (1864-1912), United States and Foreign Coin Catalogue. 4th Edition. (Boston, 1886) 16 p. Illustrated. A rarely ever seen early Alexander & Company Coin Catalogue. The name changed in 1895 to The Hub Coin Book that sparked imitations and spin offs including B. Max Mehl's Hub Coin Book that evolved into the Star Rare Coin Book. An early platform for what became the standard Red Book. This book is rare. Neither listed in Davis nor Remy Bourne. Estimate $100 - $200 USD + S&H and insurance Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Wilhelm Von Bergen, Rare Coins of America, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany and Spain. (Boston : Numismatic Bank, 1889) Fifth Edition. 150 cuts [illustrations]. 112 p. Original deep red cloth with embossed floral motif bands, gilt, with gilt edges. Fine. Davis 1101. The book is developed on the original of William E. Skinner who sold the rights and all his inventory to von Bergen in 1891. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

A Classic On Early American Cents

Francis Worcester Doughty, The Cents of the United States, A Numismatic Study. Extensively Illustrated From Selected Specimens. (New York : Scott Stamp & Coin Co., 1890) (1), 2, 115 p. 2 pages of Tables, one a fold-out, + 4 plates of coins on 3 leaves. 225 line drawings of varieties Large Cents to 1815. Doughty was a popular writer and novelist as well as a hobbyist numismatist who based his book largely on David Proskey's series on cents published in the Coin Collector's Journal 1879-1883. Davis 319. For another Doughty title see How To Collect Stamps And Coins. 1902. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Evans' Popular Book on the Mint, 6th edition

Wilhelm Von Bergen, Rare Coins of America, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany and Spain. (Boston : Numismatic Bank, 1891) Sixth Edition. 400 cuts [illustrations]. 196 p. Original deep red cloth with embossed fillet motif bands, gilt, with gilt edges. Good to Very Good. Davis 1101. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Rook's Diagnostic Counterfeit Detector For Bankers

Byron N. Rooks, Our Paper Currency. The Most Complete Accurate And Reliable Instruction Extant In Regard To All The Safeguards Found On Genuine Paper Currency Which Furnish Infallible Information. Pocket Edition. (Portland, Oregon : Rutherford & Smith, 1891) (2), 92 pages. Dark red cloth binding gilt. Fine condition. Very scarce. Davis 888. Estimate $150 to $250 Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details. SOLD $225

Numismatic Bank, Circular 19, circa January 1892

The Numismatist, July 1892, cover detached but present. The covers of the early Numismatist varied in color for each issue. The July 1892 is known in tan and and deep burnt orange and perhaps others as well. This Volume 5, No. 1, July, 1892 an issue of the coveted and rare first six volumes of The Numismatist that were mechanically printed by hand by Dr. George Heath in his home in Monroe, Michigan. The first 6 volumes have a current market price of over $20,000. Issues from the first six volumes are very rarely offered on the open market in any numismatic literature auction. This is that rare opportunity for you to acquire this very desirable piece of American Numismatic history. Note the cover design has a very early imprint of the American Numismatic Associations medal and logo/emblem. In this issue is a biography of Charles Taylor Tatman of Worcester, Massachusetts an early numismatist who played important roles during the 1890's and early 20th century as a coin dealer and publisher of Plain Talk, a magazine that was once used as the organ for the ANA. A second copy of the July 1892 The Numismatist is available without the cover. Also available are : October one with the cover and one lacking the cover. One issue of September. One issue without cover of November, and December. Also available are: January, February, April, August, and November 1893 which all lack covers. Facsimiles of the missing covers in color are given to all issues lacking covers. Estimate $85 to $170 USD + S&H and insurance Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.Estimate $85 to $170 Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

A FEW SOLD $112.50 each. Several Still Available!

The Numismatist, August 1892

The Numismatist, August 1892, cover in very good condition. The covers of the early Numismatist varied in color for each issue. The August 1892 is known in blue and and light orange and perhaps others as well. This Volume 5, No. 2, August, 1892 an issue of the coveted and rare first six volumes of The Numismatist that were mechanically printed by hand by Dr. George Heath in his home in Monroe, Michigan. The first 6 volumes have a current market price of over $20,000. Issues from the first six volumes are very rarely offered on the open market in any numismatic literature auction. This is that rare opportunity for you to acquire this very desirable piece of American Numismatic history. Note the cover design has a very early imprint of the American Numismatic Associations medal and logo/emblem. In this issue is an account of Henry Ahlborn, a well-noted coin dealer of Boston, acquiring a 1796 half dollar in about uncirculated condition from an old woman in Massachusetts. A second copy of the August 1892 The Numismatist is available without the cover. Also available are : October one with the cover and one lacking the cover. One issue of September. One issue without cover of November, and December. Also available are: January, February, April, August, and November 1893 which all lack covers. Facsimiles of the missing covers in color are given to all issues lacking covers. Estimate $85 to $170 Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Scott Stamp & Coin Catalogue, 1894

Frank Elmer Ellis, owner of St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co., St. Louis, Missouri, used to publish these Special Stock Reduction Circulars. Remy Bourne, Fixed Price Lists & Premium Paid For Lists of United States Coin Dealers 1900-1929 lists 10 numbers ending in 1905. Scarce. Estimate $35-$70 USD

St. Louis Stamp & Coin, Fixed Price List, No. 8, 1905

Frank Elmer Ellis, owner of St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co., St. Louis, Missouri, used to publish these Fixed Price Lists. Remy Bourne, Fixed Price Lists & Premium Paid For Lists of United States Coin Dealers 1900-1929 lists 34 numbers. No. 8, was published in 1905. Scarce. Estimate $35-$70 USD

Hub Coin Book, 1905

Hub Coin Book : An Encyclopedia of Rare Coins. New Edition. Greatly Enlarged, Entirely Revised And Fully Illustrated Containing Complete Lists of Rare U. S. and Colonial Coins, Fractional Currency, together with much Miscellaneous information, regarding Coins and Coinages both American and Foreign. (Boston : Alexander & Co., 1905) 150 + 8 p. Illustrated. Corner chipped.

Alexander & Co., Dealers in Rare Coins established 1883 at Boston, though Alexander claimed 1873. The Company became a publishing house that put out the Hub Coin Book. Alexander & Co., was also a publishing and bookbinding firm at Boston, Massachusetts in 1895. Alexander & Co. began a massive advertising campaign in various newspapers throughout the country to promote sales of their book. The firm of Sigmund Bowman Alexander (1864-1912), was an insurance and money exchange brokerage business that also acted as a coin dealership beginning in 1883. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Arthur H. Kraus, Official Premium Coin Catalogue. Buying Prices : Authentic List of Prices Paid on Rare United States Gold, Silver and Copper coins and of British North America. First Edition. (Milwaukee : Kraus Pubs., c. 1906) 24 p. Includes Fractional and Postal Currency. Scarce. Paper wrapper. Some in Rust red and some gray blue. Kraus was a printer who was inspired by the St. Louis Fair and U. S. Gold issues of 1904 and 1905 commemoratives to print this book. None are dated. Date given is hypothesized by historic criteria. Remy Bourne, Fixed Price Lists & Premium Paid For Lists of United States Coin Dealers 1900-1929, Vol. II, pages 60-61. Bourne lists only the other edition Official Premium Coin Value Book with its 32 pages. This copy offered here is complete with 24 pages and was not known to Bourne. Rare. Estimate $125 USD + S&H and insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Stevens & Co., Coin Book, 1906

Silas Curtis Stevens, The Stevens Illustrated Coin Book Showing Prices paid For Pioneer Gold, U.S. Silver, Copper and Gold Coins, Paper and Foreign Money. (Chicago : Stevens & Co., 1906) 64 p. Cadmium yellow deep card stock cover. Previous owner's name inscribed in ink on front cover. First page inscribed in pencil George H. Blake, New York. Illustrated throughout. Neither listed in Davis nor Bourne. None are dated. Date given is hypothesized by historic criteria. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Fred Michael Catalogue of Gold, Silver & Copper Coins, 1906

Michael, Fred (1874-1921), Catalogue of Gold, Silver and Copper Coins of the United States Offered By Fred Michael, 937 W. Madison Street, Chicago, At Fixed Prices. U. S. Price List No. 1. (Chicago : Fred Michael, 1906) 16 p. Remy Bourne, Fixed Price Lists & Premium Paid For Lists of United States Coin Dealers 1900-1929, Vol. II, pages 73-76. None are dated. Date given is hypothesized by historic criteria.

Fred Michael was born in England but lived in Chicago most of his life. He worked with his father James in a loan office in Chicago. In 1907 he advertised loans using stamp and coin collections as collateral.

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Mint condition! Very scarce to rare are these Price Lists of Luther B. Tuthill. Not listed in Remy Bourne Fixed Price List, Vol. II, 1900-1929.

Libbie Coin Auction Catalogue of the Carlos Wilson Collection, December 18, 1907

Carlos Wilson Collection. (Boston : C. F. Libbie, 1907) 20 p. 351 lots. Fine. Nice Roman coins, and Napoleon Medals. A second copy is available that is partially priced with pencil notes and has two narrow cutouts on pages 15-16.

Robert L. Deitrick, Deitrick’s Paper Money Catalogue. 17^th edition. (Lorraine, Virginia : R. L. Dietrick, 1908) 33 p. Contains more than paper money and broken bank bills, also, curiosities, stamps, coins, Civil War relics. Neither listed in Davis nor Bourne. Deitrick was a dealer in Paper Money active in the 1890’s to 1910’s. He published a fixed price list in booklet form in at least 17 editions containing a Black List of buyers who did not pay.

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Hesslein Buying Catalogue, 1908

William Hesslein, Buying Catalogue Issued by William Hesslein, Boston, Mass. Giving Prices Paid for : Canadian Coins, Foreign Coins, American Paper Money, Confederate Paper Money, Medals. All Kinds of Coins Bought. (Boston: Hesslein, c. 1908) 36 p. Deep Olive card stock covers. Remy Bourne, Fixed Price Lists & Premium Paid For Lists of United States Coin Dealers 1900-1929, Vol. II, pages 48-49. Bourne lists two "Buying Catalogues" but they both have 32 pages. None are dated. Date given is hypothesized by historic criteria. Near mint.

Souvenir Post Card Company, N.Y., design No. 2384. "Determining Correct Weight of Various Coins, Philadelphia, Pa." The Souvenir Post Card Company, New York issued a series of color lithographic prints of postcards printed in Germany and sold throughout the United States. Used U. S. Mint at Philadelphia Picture Post Card with postmark January 17, 1908, 12 P.M. Postage Stamp pilfered by either a collector or dealer. Postcard printed circa 1906-1907.

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California Loan Office Catalogue and Prices For Rare Coins, 1909

California Loan Office, California Loan Office Catalogue and Prices For Rare Coins (Oakland : California Loan Office, 1909) 40 p. Illustrated. Thick card stock covers with rounded corners. California's largest pawnbroker accepting all sorts of coins and precious stones as collateral for loans. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

St. Louis Stamp & Coin, Mail Auction, No. 32, July 3, 1911, 1789 lots. Very Scarce. Estimate $40-$50.

Calvin F. Clarke, Reliable Premium Coin Catalogue, 1912

St. Louis Stamp & Coin, Fixed Price List, No. 16, 1912

Burdette Garner Johnson was the successor of Frank Elmer Ellis in July 1906 of St. Louis Stamp & Coin Company, St. Louis, Missouri. Johnson used to published Fixed Prices Lists. Remy Bourne, Fixed Price Lists & Premium Paid For Lists of United States Coin Dealers 1900-1929 lists 34 numbers of the St. Louis Stamp & Coin Fixed Price List (pages 115-116). Note the store was at 11th Street at the time. The date is estimated at 1912 since the most recent date in the FPL is 1911. 92 pages. Near Mint. Estimate $35-$70 USD + S&H and insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Thomas Lindsay Elder, The Elder Rare Coin Book. (New York : T. L. Elder, 1913) Cloth. 163 p. + 2 page Index. Introduction by Frank C. Higgins, followed by "A Brief History of Coinage," by T. Louis Comparette; "Numismatics and Numismatists," by Jeremiah Zimmerman. Tiny stain on front cover that looks to be removable with care, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Not listed in Davis. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Ed Michael Premium Coin Book, 1913

John Walter Scott, J. W. Scott's Standard Coin Catalogue No. 1. Coins Of The World, Gold And Silver. 1916 Edition. (New York : J. W. Scott, 1916) 184 pages. Deep pink card stock covers. Front lower right corner and bottom of spine chipped. Not listed in Davis. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

John Walter Scott, J. W. Scott's Standard Coin Catalogue No. 2. The Copper Coins Of The World, Including Lead, Brass And Nickel To Which Has Been Added A Full Line Of The Roman Emperors. Fully Illustrated. 1916 Edition. (New York : J. W. Scott, 1916) 184 pages. Not listed in Davis. Red cloth gilt. This is the J. W. Scott hardbound reprint of the original in pink card stock. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

SOLD $45

St. Louis Stamp & Coin, Premium List, 1919

Burdette Garner Johnson was the successor of Frank Elmer Ellis in July 1906 of St. Louis Stamp & Coin Company, St. Louis, Missouri. Johnson used to published Fixed Prices Lists. Remy Bourne, Fixed Price Lists & Premium Paid For Lists of United States Coin Dealers 1900-1929 lists 34 numbers of the St. Louis Stamp & Coin Fixed Price List (pages 115-116). Note the store was at 11th Street at the time before the 1925 move to Olive Street. The date is stamped Mar 2, 1922 on the top border in blue ink from a dater stamp. 107 pages. Near Mint. Estimate $35-$70 USD + S&H and insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

St. Louis Stamp & Coin Premium List of Valuable Coins 1925-1926. Moving is not always easy and sometimes a lease in a large commercial property like the Merchants-Laclede Building can cause the business owner some problems especially when they send off their business collateral to the printer with a new address that might prove uncertain. Johnson has scratched out the printed address and manually changed it to his old one then changed it to the new address when he finally moved to the Merchants-Laclede Building, 408 Olive Street. Remy Bourne, Fixed Price Lists & Premium Paid For Lists of United States Coin Dealers 1900-1929 lists only 1 number of the St. Louis Stamp & Coin Premium List (page 122). The date is printed 1925-1926 on front cover. 25 pages. Near Mint. Estimate $30-$60 USD + S&H and insurance. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.SOLD $45

De Soto Stamp & Coin, Circular No. 12, 1929

SOLD $55

Wayte Raymond's Red Book, 5th Edition

Wayte Raymond, The Standard Catalogue of United States CoinsAnd Currency From 1652 To The Present Day. (New York : Scott Stamp & Coin Co., 1937) 222 pages. Blue cloth gilt. 1938 Edition is the fifth volume. The first was copyrighted 1n 1933, as the 1934 edition. The best book towards creating a standard Red Book that emerged from the Depression Era. Raymond produced a winning format for the exposition and presentation of the various series of American coinages. The odd aspect comparatively to contemporary tastes is the mintages were published towards the back of the book in charts. Acetate protective cover. Davis 867. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

SOLD $55

Edward T. Wallis, The National Catalog Of United States Coins. (Hugh F. Brady for California Stamp Company, 1938) Third Edition. 200 p. 15.75 cm x 9 cm. Line drawing illustrations. Another Depression Era attempt at producing a standardized Red Book. This edition has many heavily annotated entries on some, not all, coins. As typical, dates issued, mintages, grade conditions with their respective values. Not listed in Davis. Write john@numismaticmall.com with bids and further details.

Burt's Red Book, 6th Edition